tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58669847598526932962011-08-03T05:52:37.679+12:00Welcome! This blog was set up as part of Manukau Libraries' Learning 2.0 project.jchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285472014891333938noreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5866984759852693296.post-60096330624822167682010-10-13T09:19:00.001+13:002010-10-13T09:26:12.674+13:00

I love food, so have enjoyed looking at the photos and the odd recipe on this site. This is definitely something I could spend (or waste :p ) loads of time on.... Although Tastespotting count as play, I would recommend it to patrons who have a bit of a foodie in them. I would prefer that not all web 2.0 activities relate directly to libraries and our customers, as that would gives us a bit of a

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And it really does... Much better than Bloglines - easier and more simple to use and more convenient because everything goes to your email account. I think I might use this if there is a blog or site that I'm really keen on following.It was fine on the staff PCs and I'm assuming it would work fine on Lear.net too. I guess I would tell patrons about this if we happen to be on a related topic, or

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Have not finished Week 1 yet...will go back to it.An image from PicAppPicApp is pretty easy to use, but I do find that you kinda have to be a bit more specific about the type of image you are looking for. Curious as to where the images come from, I had a quick look at the FAQ, and found that Gettyimages and ZUMA Press are two of the source of the images - no wonder then that when I type in "

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Hmm...turns out the Final post wasn't so final afterall.And we are back to another round of Web 2.0Just for your viewing pleasure, an amazing image found on Flicker:[ no words ] Originally uploaded by bonnix (Scotty)For more images: www.bonnix.de So back to Box.net...The video clip on the Learning resource bit is missing, so went ahead to Box.net to watch the demo provided on their front page,

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Summary of my thoughts:Thanks for the opportunity to learn about, and to do new stuff - some which I might not have done otherwise (Twitter). I will definitely use and continue to use some of the new tools that I've learnt about, but others I feel I just don't have the time or interest for (Twitter - sorry I do see the merits of, but it's just not for me...)Web 2.0 is better this time round

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Yep, Facebook page created... Added 1 colleague... Became a fan of Manukau Libraries Facebook page... Commented on "What I am reading Right this minute"... Commented on "What is the BEST book you ever read and WHY".That was saved as a draft back in May..... One month + a few days later.....I searched for public libraries on Facebook and noticed that they are mostly North American, maybe it's got

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No Facebook on staff PCs...so will have to get onto Learn.net (hah!) or do this at home :(Oh well...

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It was fairly easy to navigate the sites I visited, so I guess the customers should be okay with this too - especially the on-to it teens. Amazon.com is more mainstream pop, Jamedo is more alternative and mp3raid.com is probably the site I like most so far (still yet to look at alll of them - that will have to wait for when I could make more time!)

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Goodreads is similar to LibraryThings, but with some extra functions - e.g. exploring quotes, and book swaps (only in the US though..)I think Goodreads would be useful for customers who likes keeping lists of what they have read and have not read. I've come across several who are intereted in looking at their Reading History in MyInfo, and a few who wanted to recommend a book b ut couldn't

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Not so keen on Twitter...My initial reaction when I see or hear about Twitter was: who's got time for this??Having said that, signing up to Twitter was fairly easy. I doubt I would actually use Twitter, but I could see the potential it has a s a tool, in terms of promoting library services and events. Twitter could also be a way for us to connect and interact with our library users out there.I

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Zamzar is awesome!!!!I would definitely use this again, and this is also something that would be helpful to the public.I've had experiences of customers wanting to print the .docx file from their flash drive but wasn't able to because we didn't have Office 2007 on the Learn.nets. More recently, I meet a customer who came in to scan her CV as she had lost the file on her lap-top. The poor lady had

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Here we go again... Web 2.0 in 2010!I haven't thought about what I expect from another dose of Web 2.0 really...ummm....just to have fun trying out different things and most definitely learning something new.My 2.0 fears?... "just" the time factor - finding time really.How might a public library use a blog, you ask? Well...promotion of events and services comes to mind. I t could also be the

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This is me after the 9 weeks... Mei Lan 09050804Originally uploaded by bearlycivilianAlright, I admit I did take longer than the 9 weeks... but hey, it's done!I know I'm supposed to post something a bit more lengthy about this Web 2.0 experience - but it's lovely and sunny outside, so I will come back another time and do that.

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Project Gutenberg is an interesting concept... I guess a lot of it is about preservation. What was surprising is that it didn't take as long as I thought it would to download a book. (Thank you broadband!) Another interesting thing I found was that someone has adapted Darwin's "Origin of species" as a decorative wall hanging! It looks pretty cool as a piece of artwork.Then we have other sites

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For this exercise, I searched Podcast.com for book reviews."Book Recommendations, Blog and Podcast: Books on the Nightstand" sounded interesting and I duely added it to my bloglines feeds. Here's little bit about this podcast that I've copied and pasted..."Conversations about books and reading, for anyone who loves to read or hang out in a bookstore. We're two publishing industry professionals

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While I have watched YouTube videos before, this is the first time I've posted it anywhere. It wasn't hard to do, although I only found out later that you have to customize before you get the full code for embedding (thanks to the Help button).Run Germ Run by Noraset RerkkachornkiatI chose this because I like animations, and this is one of the ones that I like. (Although it reminds me that I

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Browsed through the Shortlist of the Web 2.0 Awards...I'm interested in food, so here's two that I visited:CocktailBuilder looks like a cool site - you could search for recipes on there using what you have on hand, there were also useful options like a folder for the drinks you like.Urbanspoon is a restaurant finder with ratings and user reviews for major cities, mostly in America

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Zoho and GoogleDocs seem pretty much the same. One thing I didn't know about was the option of giving presentations over the net (live) - how cool is that? I think these online productivity tools would be really helpful for people working on projects as a group, so I guess in a way it's promoting collaboration.newyorking (XIX)Originally uploaded by ickbinsTaken @ the Museum of Modern Art (NYC)

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Finally visited Hennepin County Library on Facebook - nothing extraordinary, just the usual really.Again, I could only say that it's nice in a way that libraries are having a presence in this arena and is accessible.

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Okay so Bebo, MySpace and FaceBook have all been blocked by the council, meaning I would have to join in the after-school rush to get onto a Learn.net computer...(Originally uploaded by tamelyn )squeakums is unhappy and I'm not impressed...(some time later)The Bebo page set up by someone at Auckland City Libraries (here) looks kinda cool. I could see how social network services could be a tool

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I feel that Storey's article Where will the next generation Web take libraries sums up what Web 2.0 are for libraries pretty well - "...principles of simplicity, rich interactivity, user participation, collective intelligence, self-service, novel and remixed content..."I could see how library and info services are evolving already from the traditional sort where it simply houses collections, to

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A keyword search in the blog directory returned 1200+ results.A keyword search in blog posts returned 750+ results.A keyword search in tags returned 40-odd results.Are the results different? Yes.Lesson learned for this exercise: tagging is supposed to be good, as it helps narrow down the search if you tag your posts.Quick look through the popular section, no surprises there - lists of "top" blogs

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150 cupcakes Originally uploaded by hello naomi on FlickrI tried to look at the three links in the Discovery Resources, but they made very little sense to me. (Which I thought was odd, since one of the links was titled "Us.ef.ul: A beginner's guide to Del.icio.us"... am I missing something here??)In the end I decided to go to the actual Del.icio.us site and had a look at About & Learn - and these

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Adding entries to the PBWiki that was already set up was easy, it's pretty much just like doing a post.I haven't tried to set up a whole new PBWiki (and I'm secretly relieved that I'm not being asked to do that).Tried to look at the PBWiki Tour, but it took ages to load... I guess it'll be something I'll have to come back to.

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I see some institutes and organisations has used wikis as an alternative to websites. I wonder what the impact of those decisions are. I can understand how wikis would be the "in" thing to set up and run, if you are interacting with a large number of tech-savvy people, but how do you deal with the issues like privacy and ensuring that the info in your wiki is kept accurate - does that mean

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If you're sleepy and you know it touch your nose...Originally uploaded by :. G l o r i a .:That is another picture from Flickr... I might be posting random pics from Flickr in all of my future posts! I love browsing thrrough "interestingness", and Flickr is probably something I would come back to long after the whole Web 2.0 exercise is over.Now for some thoughts, in no particular order..I'm glad

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This is a poster I created using the flickr site: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/(you could click on the picture to enlarge it for a better look)I tried to have a look through the three links that allow you to create something new using the Flickr images, and here are some thoughts:Flickr Color Pickr - where you could do a search of Flickr images that matches the colour you pick. This could be

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Easter Bunny or Guinea pig ?Originally uploaded by dora_marieThere was another photo I saw of a bunny selling carrot juice when I was browsing, but I couldn't find it just now, so this will have to do.Flickr is definitely a place where I could spend a lot of time at, browsing through the "interstingness" part, where they say you could "Explore the gorgeousity by choosing a point in time..."

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Yet another account to create?!(sigh....)I've set up my own search roll and added it to my blog (see left), but havn't done that many search using it. Well okay, I only did one search - Yann Martel's "self", but the results looked pretty interesting (read good).So far this looks to be a nifty search tool, if you are looking for something specific and have some idea of where you might look. It's

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LibraryThing is a pretty cool place to visit. It's the equivalent of the Visual Bookshelf application on Facebook really, but better organised.There were forums and different groups that you could join, including a group of Librarians who LibraryThing. I browsed through their forum, and there were some very entertaining posts for "Funny Requests from patrons". Under the Tools tab, you have these

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Here's my first attempt, pretty basic really. Hope to have more time in the near future to play around with image generators!

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This RSS week really was very confusing, especially since the pics in the instruction/tutorial doesn't match!

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Okey-dok, here's the link to my blogline:http://www.bloglines.com/public/jctacoI've had a brief look on all the three RSS/blog search sites, and I find Topix and Technorati the easier of the three to use in terms of navigation. I found Syndic8 to be less user-friendly, probably because I'm not terch-savvy and have no idea what things like "pings" are. Maybe one day Syndic8 will make more sense to

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I was lost and confused...Swimming in a sea of acronyms, promises of making it all so much easier.So i bravely set forth to investigate.Several pop-ups and many many windows later, I finally discovered the magic of RSS feed!It is good to finally know what those bright orange RSS buttons are for, and that there is an alternative to marking pages as My Favourites and hopping from one page to the

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Well, setting up a new blog was easy. The hard part was looking at all different options for settings and deciding what to do! and one could most definitely spend LOTS of time playing with and tweaking the pages.

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In hindsight the name of this blog is a wee bit misleading, as Taco won't actually be involved in this, I guess he'll simply be a spectator to the explorations and experiments in the coming weeks.I must admit that I'm not the most technology-savvy person around, so this will definitely be an interesting experience!

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